ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK – A park spokesperson confirms that there were multiple injuries following a lightning strike in the Rainbow Curve area along Trail Ridge Road Saturday.
It happened at approximately 3:30 p.m. An official with Estes Park Medical Center says eight people were hit by Saturday's lightning strike.
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The other thing that is curious to me is that in each instance 8 people were involved. Is there something special about that particular part of RMNP that causes hikers to travel in groups of 8? Any numerologists out there who can weigh in on what makes a group of 8 people more likely to attract lightning?
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
otisptoadwater wrote: The other thing that is curious to me is that in each instance 8 people were involved. Is there something special about that particular part of RMNP that causes hikers to travel in groups of 8? Any numerologists out there who can weigh in on what makes a group of 8 people more likely to attract lightning?
Could be related to the size of the strike radius area where the lightning bolt scatters thru the ground. Also, recent Imperial data shows that men are much more likely to get hit/killed by lightning, maybe because they are taller??? I dunno.
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